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May 3, 2016

Fairy-tale-inspired 'gremlin drones' could spy in swarms

When the U.S. military needs a new idea for drone technology, it turns to an unlikely source for inspiration: old fairy tales.

May 3, 2016

Lockheed Martin developing U-2 spy plane successor, report says

Lockheed Martin is developing a successor to the U.S. military’s legendary U-2 surveillance plane, according to a media report.

May 3, 2016

US military's hypersonic jet could fly 5 times the speed of sound

The U.S. military is reportedly developing a hypersonic jet plane that could soar at up to five times the speed of sound — faster than a bullet, which generally travels at Mach 2, or twice the speed of sound.

May 3, 2016

US Army, Air Force, test lasers for high-tech bomb disposal

The U.S. Army and Air Force are harnessing laser technology for bomb disposal in an ambitious project to minimize the risks posed by explosive devices to military personnel.

May 3, 2016

Drone swarms join the Navy

Just like how locust swarms can cause devastating natural disasters, the U.S. Navy’s Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology (LOCUST) drones could devastate adversaries.

May 3, 2016

US Army, Air Force need better drone training, report says

The U.S. Army and Air Force are facing drone pilot training challenges, according to a report to Congress by the Government Accountability Office. The 44-page report, released May 14, highlights key areas where the military needs to bolster its training around drones, also known as Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).

May 3, 2016

Air Force mulls mothballing F-16s if Congress blocks A-10 retirement

The House Armed Services Committee inserted $683 million into the 2016 defense bill to stop the Air Force from retiring the A-10 Warthog.

May 3, 2016

F-35 pilots to wear $400,000 helmets that can see through the plane

We've come a long way from the classic leather aviator helmets and goggles pilots famously wore in WWI.

May 3, 2016

Software glitch causes F-35 to incorrectly detect targets in formation

Engineers are trying to fix the F-35’s software package after it was discovered the sensors for the Joint Strike Fighter malfunction when detecting targets when the aircraft flies in formation.

May 3, 2016

New small diameter bomb doesn’t fit inside Marines' F-35B

Joint Strike Fighter engineers will have to make adjustments to the weapons bay of the Marine Corps variant of the F-35 so the aircraft can carry a pin point glide bomb by 2022, JSF program officials said.